Chair.



I. MASON.

CHAIR.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.13, 190a.

Patented Sept, 28, 1909.

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INVENTOR Isaac Masai;

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ANDREWv B, Gmmul co. PNDID-LI'I'NOGRIPHERS. WASHINOYON. n. c.

ISAAC MASON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented Sept. 28, 1909.

Application filed August 13, 1908. Serial No. 448,349.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Isaac MASON, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings,and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulIniprovements in Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to certain improvements in what I term convertiblechairs or chairs that are capable of being converted for various uses.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this generalcharacter, wherein a comfortable seating chair can be quickly andreadily converted into a table of the parlor or library type.

My invention consists in a device of this character, comprising an armchair having a removable seat that can be so fitted to the arms and backas to cover the intervening space and provide a table bounded by theupper contour of the chair.

In the drawings that serve to illustrate my invention, I have shown theseat applied to produce a. small table.

I desire to be understood as not limiting myself to the particularconstruction shown, since the chair may be differently shaped thanillustrated, and the seat may also be differently constructed withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved chairadapted as an ordinary table for library or similar uses, Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the chair adapted for use as such, Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view, the section being on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, lookingin the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 1- is a detail front view of oneof the uprights and its arm.

The improved chair is preferably constructed as is shown in thedrawings, consisting of four uprights 10 that constitute the cornersupports and the legs of the chair. At the upper portions of theseuprights finishing strips are provided, horizontally located, comprisinga back finishing strip 11 and side finishing strips 12 that constitutethe arms of the chair. Below each side finishing strip or arm 12, anangular bar 13 is secured in any suitable or approved manner, and thesaid bars are so constructed that they are parallel with the inner edgesof the said arm sections 12 as is shown in Fig. 2 and are recessed so asto extend approximately flush with the forward faces of the frontstandards or uprights 10, thus pro ducing slide-ways 15 between the saidbars 13 and the said arms 12 as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3; andthe front uprights or standards 10 of the chair are provided withrecesses 11 at their upper inner portions that coincide with theslide-ways 15. Braces 16 are employed at the back of the chair,extending from the upper back finishing strip 11, down to an engagementwith a bar 17 of any desired shape, that connects the rear standards oruprights 10 at a point between their upper and their lower ends.Corresponding bars 18 and 19 are made to connect the forward and therear uprights or standards 10, being parallel with the arms 12, as isclearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. A brace bar 20 is attached to andis located beneath the back horizontal brace bar 17, the bar 20extending down therefrom or being at. right angles thereto, and the saidbar 20 extends from one rear upright 10 to the other. Correspondingbrace bars 21 and 21 are located at the sides of the frame of the chair,beneath the horizontal bars 18 and 19 as is fully shown in Fig. 1, andat the front of the frame of the chair, another brace bar 22 isprovided, that corresponds to the back bar 20, just below the forwardinner portions of the horizontal bars 18 and 19. Transverse recesses 23are made in the inner faces of the forward uprights or standards 10 asis best shown in Fig. 1, and the side bars 18 and 19 extend beyond theinner faces of the front uprights or standards 10 just below therecesses 23. Each of the side bars 18 and 19 or side pieces as they maybe termed are provided with extensions 21 at their forward ends, thatproject beyond the front faces of the forward uprights or standards 10,a predetermined distance, serving as guides to the aforesaid recesses23, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. In the forward inner faces of therear uprights or standards 10, recesses 26 are produced that correspondto the forward recesses 23. A bottom board 25 is usually attached to thelower portions of the connecting bars 20, 21, 21 and 22, but such bottomboard may be omitted; however, it is very desirable, inasmuch as a wellis thereby formed in order to receive the cushion that may be employed,when said cushion is not in use.

In the further construction of the chair I employ a detachable or a remoable seat A,

which seat consists of an upper member 27 and a lower member 30. Thesetwo members may be integral or they may be secured one to the other inany suitable or approved manner. The lower member 30 is of lesserdimensions than. the upper member 27. The

marginal line of the lower member 30 being designated as 28 andindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The formation of these two membersof the seat, is such as to provide a space between the margin 28 of thelower member 27 and the margin of the upper member 27, providing therebya flange 29, which, when the .seat is in position in the body or frameof the chair is slid in the grooves or slots 23 and 26 in the standardsor uprights 10, and at such time the well portion of the chair isperfectly closed and the side flanges 29 of the upper member 27 of theseat, rest upon the horizontal side connecting bars or pieces 18 and 19,as is shown in Fig. 2. The lower member 30 of the seat, extendsforwardly beyond the upper member and when the seat is in position, theprojecting portion of the lower seat member 30, will be flush with theends of the extensions 24: from the lower side pieces 18 and 19, as isalso shown in Fig. 2. By preference the exposed face of the lower member30 is provided with a covering 31 of any suitable character, as forexample cloth, leather or the like, or the said surface may be simplypolished.

W hen the chair is to be converted into a table of any ordinary type, alibrary table for example, the seat A is withdrawn from the slots orslide-ways 23 and 26 and is reversed, and the side flanges 29 are madeto enter the slide-ways 15 at the upper portion of the chair, and whenthe said seat A is slid fully back in said slide-ways, the rear flangeof the seat will be beneath the rear upper finishing strip 11, and theforward end of the said seat will be flush with the forward edges of thearms 12, thus closing the space at the top of the chair frame, andconsequently a table is obtained in a quick and convenient manner and itis hardly perceptible that the structure had been readily utilized as achair.

I have above described a skeleton construction of a chair frame, and aremovable bottom, that is adaptable for use as a table top, taken inconnection with the upper structure of the chair frame. This table topjust referred to, is necessarily bounded by the inner contour of theback strip 11 and the arms 12 of the chair, together with the forwardsection of the said removable seat, as is shown in Fig. 1.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A chairof the character described, comprising four uprights, side stripssecured upon the upper ends of the front and rear u 'nights', a backstrip secured between the rear ends of the side strips, bars securedbe-.' low the side strips between the front and rear uprights, said barsbeing rabbeted and the front uprights recessed, forming with therabbeted bars, guide-ways, brace bars connecting the uprightsintermediate of their ends at the side and back, side pieces between thefront and rear uprights and resting upon the side brace bars, saidpieces being provided with extensions projecting beyond the front facesof the front uprights, the uprights being provided on their inner faceswith recesses, the bottoms of which are flush with the upper faces ofthe side pieces, and a seat formed of upper and lower members, the lowermember being smaller than the upper member and projecting beyond thefront edge of the upper member.

2. A chair of the character described, comprising four uprights, sidestrips connecting the front and rear uprights at the top, a back stripbetween the rear ends of the side strips, guide-ways arranged below theside strips, bars connecting the uprights intermediate of their ends atthe sides and back,

the uprights being provided on their inner.

faces with recesses, the bottoms of which are flush with the upper facesof the side connectii'ig bars, and a seat formed of upper and lowermembers secured together, the lower member being smaller than the uppermember and projecting at the front beyond the upper member.

3. A chair of the character described, com prising four uprightsconnected at their upper ends and intermediate of their ends on threesides and provided with guide-ways below the upper connecting sidemembers and guide-ways above the intermediate connecting side members,and a reversible member formed of two connected portions of unequalsize, the smaller one projecting beyond the front edge of the largerone, the said member being adapted to enter either of the saidguide-ways, forming a seat when in the lowermost guide-ways and whenreversed and in the uppermost guide-ways, forming with the upperconnecting members, a table top.

4. A chair of the character described, comprising four uprightsconnected at their upper ends and intermediate of their ends on threesides and provided with guide-ways below the upper connecting sidemembers and guideways above the intermediate connecting side members,and a reversible member adapted to enter either of the said guideways,said member forming a seat when in the lower guide-ways and whenreversed and in the upper guideways forming with the upper connectingmembers of the uprights, a table top.

5. A chair of the character described, comprising a frame having theupper ends of its side members disconnected at the front, and In witnesswhereof I have hereunto signed provided in said side members at theirupper my name this 10th day of June 1908, in the 10 ends andintermediate of the ends with presence of two subscribing Witnesses.guideways, and a member adapted to enter A WIA N. elther of sandguideways, sald member IS A0 i so formlng a seat when in the lowergmdeways \Vltnessesr and a table top when, 1n the upper guide- J. FRED.ACKER,

ways. MICHAEL J. VAUGHAN.

